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Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:59:44 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0This Week in Sesame Street: Big Bird’s First Visit to Hollywood Squareshttp://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/01/20/this-week-in-sesame-street-big-birds-first-visit-to-hollywood-squares/
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/01/20/this-week-in-sesame-street-big-birds-first-visit-to-hollywood-squares/#commentsFri, 20 Jan 2012 15:18:23 +0000http://www.sesameworkshop.org.php5-20.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/our-blog/?p=315Welcome to This Week in Sesame Street, a new feature in which we’ll revisit all the funny, touching and memorable moments Sesame Street has produced since it was first aired in 1969. This week we’re taking a look back at the first time Big Bird appeared on the classic game show Hollywood Squares. Hollywood Squares […]

Hollywood Squares has had countless famous guests over the years, but none quite like Big Bird. On January 19, 1976, Big Bird was a guest on the show for the first time. Plopped down next to Broadway star Carol Channing, best known for her work in Hello Dolly! and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Big Bird answered questions on birds (an expertise of his), Broadway musicals and even chimed in to help out Channing a time or two.

It would hardly be the last time Big Bird appeared on the now-defunct show: Between 1979 and 2001, Big Bird would appear on the show 14 times, most coming during the years in which Peter Marshall (whom Big Bird lovingly referred to as “Mr. Marshmallow”) was host. He also wasn’t the only Sesame Street character to appear on the show: Oscar the Grouch and Elmo have both been guests as well.